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Celtic Prayer for the New Day (Carmina Gadelica)

By Celtic TraditionSource: Celtic Tradition - Carmina Gadelica, Vol. I (collected by Alexander Carmichael, 1900) - Public Domain70 words

Thanks be to Thee, O God, that I have risen today, to the rising of this life itself. May it be to Thine own glory, O God of every gift, and to the glory of my soul likewise. O great God, aid Thou my soul with the aiding of Thine own mercy. Even as I clothe my body with wool, cover Thou my soul with the shadow of Thy wing.

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